[Pw_forum] bands_FS.x and spin polarized metals

[Paul M. Grant]

Paolo, I'm sure I'm older than you!

You're absolutely right.  Abend was coined by the designers of the IBM 701.
Mean time to failure on the early prototypes of that machine was only about
three hours.

Paul M. Grant, PhD
Principal, W2AGZ Technologies
Visiting Scholar, Applied Physics, Stanford University
EPRI Science Fellow (Retired)
IBM Research Staff Member Emeritus
w2agz at pacbell.net
http://www.w2agz.com
 
 


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From: pw_forum-bounces at pwscf.org [mailto:pw_forum-bounces at pwscf.org] On
Behalf Of Paolo Giannozzi
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [Pw_forum] bands_FS.x and spin polarized metals


On Dec 12, 2007, at 21:32 , Paul M. Grant wrote:

> And sure enough, if you’re dumb and try anyway, it abends with a  
> read error
>

I am old enough to have seen card punchers in action, so the term
"abend" is not unknown to me, but I guess younger people don't
know that it is a shorthand for "abnormal end", on IBM mainframes...

Paolo
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